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Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce
The Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce’s next Business After Hours is 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at The Eye and Laser Center, 1240 Colonial Commons, Lancaster.
Business After Hours is a get-acquainted reception, mixing business and

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
The name of Andrual Rashan Ross may sound familiar to both law enforcement and residents, as he also made headlines during a drug raid last year.
Ross, who is wanted in connection with the shooting of a man outside Waffle House last weekend, was one of seven people arrested during the search of an Usher Road home in October 2011.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office will use state grant money to expand emergency communications across county lines.
On Sept. 10, the sheriff’s office received an $8,100 grant from the S.C. Law Enforcement Division’s Office of Homeland Security to fund a “communications interoperability project,” according to a media release issued Monday.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
KERSHAW – When it comes to computer software, Bryan Pettit says Kershaw Town Hall lags behind.
Pettit, the town administrator, spoke to Town Council during its Monday, Sept. 17, meeting about computer battles Town Hall employees fight daily.

Gregory A. Summersgsummers@thelancasternews.com
The two Lancaster Fire Department rafts parked on a trailer at the Lancaster County Emergency Management office on White Street on Monday, Sept. 17, were not there for a late afternoon fishing trip. They were there just in case.
While city firefighters used the center for a refresher course on aerial operations, LFD Chief Chuck Small was watching the weather radar.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Police are searching for a Lancaster man wanted in connection with the shooting of a man outside Waffle House early Sunday morning, Sept. 16.
Arrest warrants have been issued for Andrual Rashan Ross, 18, 1942 Usher Road, on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to a Lancaster Police Department press release.
Officers had still not found Ross late Monday afternoon.

The two Lancaster Fire Department rafts parked on a trailer at the Lancaster County Emergency Management Office on White Street on Monday, Sept. 17, were not there for a late afternoon fishing trip. They were there just in case.

While city firefighters used the center for a refresher course on aerial operations, LFD Chief Chuck Small was watching the weather radar.

Police are searching for a Lancaster man wanted in connection with the shooting of a man outside Waffle House early Sunday morning, Sept. 16.

Arrest warrants have been issued for Andrual Rashan Ross, 18, on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to a Lancaster Police Department press release.

Officers had still not found Ross late Monday afternoon.

The charges were made in connection with the shooting of a 26-year-old Lancaster man at about 4 a.m. Sunday.

The energy in the room is different than what people see on television, says Sheila Bickford of Indian Land.
When the room is the 17,000-plus capacity Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., and the atmosphere is obviously electric to people watching at home, that’s saying a lot.

Bickford, a longtime Democratic Party activist, said she enjoyed her first time as a delegate to the Democratic National Party convention, and would do it again in a heartbeat.